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as in shiver
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow

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verb

as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements huddled in the basement, we shuddered with fear as we heard the approaching tornado

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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shudder. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022.

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